Carlos Alcaraz is playing this Friday for his place in the semifinals of the Nitto ATP Finals, the tournament that brings together the eight best rackets on the circuit these days in Turin. The Murcian needs a victory against the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who faces the duel with his qualification already assured. Another option for the Spaniard is if the German Alexander Zverev loses to Andrey Rublev.
Alcaraz arrives with reinforced morale, thanks to the victory against the Russian Rublev (7-5 and 6-2). With his victory, the Murcian broke his bad streak of three consecutive losses and debuted as winner in the Nitto ATP Finals.
After the first defeat, the Spanish tennis player commented that he was mentally tired, but this victory against Rublev seems to have changed something. "I think it was a pretty good match on my part. The key was that I wanted to show my game. It didn't matter if I won or lost, I wanted to show my style, my game. And I think I did it pretty well," he argued in the matchday. press.
"You could see that I have been suffering with my level in recent months and tournaments. Playing this match with this quality, at this level, is really useful to reach the third well against Medvedev," he anticipated.
With his victory against Rublev, Alcaraz became the youngest tennis player this century to win a match at the Nitto ATP Finals. The pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero obtained this victory at 20 years, 6 months and 10 days and was five days ahead of the Dane Holger Rune.
The match between Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev at the Nitto ATP Finals will be played this Friday, November 17, starting at 2:30 p.m. The meeting can be seen on television on Movistar and can also be followed live through the La Vanguardia website.
